goes2fast Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, VFR800 said: Another one I've never seen before, what is it? 2 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) XB-46 United States nuclear Forces, says only one was ever made, never saw active duty. Edited December 1, 2019 by wayno 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 Just to be clear this is an early jet not nuclear powered aircraft although feasibility studies were initiated in the 50's to make one. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 hours ago, VFR800 said: There is a photo of the tail gunner of one of these bombers saluting the US pilot with his bottle of Pepsi Cola. 3 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, MikeRL411 said: There is a photo of the tail gunner of one of these bombers saluting the US pilot with his bottle of Pepsi Cola. Pepsi was introduced to the USSR in '72. The F-102 above was more or less retired in the mid '60s after 10 years in use intercepting the Russian Bears. If there was a pepsi in the tail gunner's hand it was a marketing ploy by pepsi to scoop coca cola during the 'cola wars' in the '80s. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 1, 2019 Report Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 hours ago, datzenmike said: Just to be clear this is an early jet not nuclear powered aircraft although feasibility studies were initiated in the 50's to make one. This is why I worded it the way I did. XB-46 - United States Nuclear Forces - FAS.org https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/bomber/b-46.htm XB-46 While World War II was still raging, planners in the Army Air Forces were already thinking ahead to the jet plane era. A competition was begun in 1944 for the first jet bomber to be used by the postwar air force. Convair's entry was a dramatically sleek airframe powered by four J35-C-3 engines of 4,000 pounds thrust each, yielding a cruising speed of 439 mph. Its oval fuselage was 105 feet in length and had a bomb capacity of 22,000 pounds; very thin wings reached 113 feet. The new bomber was flown to Edwards AFB on its first flight on April 2, 1947, but even by then the design had become obsolescent. Only a single XB-46 was ever built. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Was scrapped in 2006, museums excuse was "you can't save every piece of scrap metal", wow, perhaps that museum should have some one else running it, it was one of a kind. 1 hour ago, VFR800 said: Edited December 2, 2019 by wayno 2 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, wayno said: Was scrapped in 2006, museums excuse was "you can't save every piece of scrap metal", wow, perhaps that museum should have some one else running it, it was one of a kind. Wow,whoever said that is in the wrong business for museums. Sad that it was scrapped 😞 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted December 2, 2019 Report Share Posted December 2, 2019 6 hours ago, VFR800 said: Wow,whoever said that is in the wrong business for museums. Sad that it was scrapped 😞 Sad part is that is still happening 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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